Rashid Johnson

(American, born 1977)

Rashid Johnson is an African-American Conceptual artist often hailed as a standard bearer for post-black art. Working in sculpture and photography, the artist employs vernacular yet culturally loaded objects, including shea butter, funk albums, and space rocks, to create works like Cosmic Slop (2011). “When I was younger, I would see shea butter being sold on the street, and I was interested in how people were still coating themselves in the theater of Africanism,” Johnson said. “You see that in dashikis and hairstyles and music.” Born in 1977 in Chicago, IL, he grew up in an Afrocentric family which influenced many of his ideas about identity. After earning a BFA from Columbia College Chicago in 2000, he went on to receive an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Johnson first rose to prominence at the age of 21, when he participated in the seminal group exhibition “Freestyle” at the Studio Museum in Harlem. He has since been the subject of solo exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth in New York and the Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis. Today the artist’s works can be found among the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Johnson currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Rashid Johnson Artworks

Rashid Johnson (339 results)

Antoine's Organ, 2017

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Antoine's Organ, 2017

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Cosmic Slop “Hotter than July, 2013

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Cosmic Slop “Hotter than July, 2013

Sale Date: November 29, 2021

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Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

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Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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Cosmic Slop

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Cosmic Slop "Disasters, 2011

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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When Spring Comes Again, 2012

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When Spring Comes Again, 2012

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Untitled Anxious Audience | 《無題，焦慮的觀眾》, 2016

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Untitled Anxious Audience | 《無題，焦慮的觀眾》, 2016

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Untitled Anxious Bruise Drawing, 2021

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Untitled Anxious Bruise Drawing, 2021

Sale Date: November 12, 2021

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Bruise Painting

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Bruise Painting "Or Down You Fall", 2021

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Black Lines, 2012

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Black Lines, 2012

Sale Date: October 14, 2021

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Sunshine, 2010

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Sunshine, 2010

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Ages 年齡, 2013

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Ages 年齡, 2013

Sale Date: October 10, 2021

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The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual #1, 2007

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The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual #1, 2007

Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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Glenn, 2013

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Sale Date: October 1, 2021

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The Moment of Creation

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The Moment of Creation

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Stay Black and Die, 2005

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Stay Black and Die, 2005

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Untitled (Good Days), 2014

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Untitled (Good Days), 2014

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

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Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

Sale Date: October 6, 2021

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Found Portrait of a Young Negro Scholar, 2007

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Found Portrait of a Young Negro Scholar, 2007

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

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Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

Sale Date: September 1, 2021

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Love in Outer Space, 2009

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Love in Outer Space, 2009

Sale Date: August 12, 2021

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I Hope I'm Funny, 2008

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I Hope I'm Funny, 2008

Sale Date: July 13, 2021

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Love in Outer Space, 2009

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Love in Outer Space, 2009

Sale Date: July 1, 2021

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Gary, 2013

Rashid Johnson

Sale Date: July 1, 2021

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Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

Rashid Johnson

Untitled Anxious Men, 2020

Sale Date: July 7, 2021

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